Video Games

[Billy]

Wanted to post this here to find out if any of you play video games around here. 

I have an XBOX One and PS4 so I'm looking to add extra people to my friends lists on both. If you play video games, feel free to list which ones you play the most and leave your XBOX gamertag or psn if you own a PS4 or XBOX One.

I mostly play sports games, my favorites are NBA 2K, MLB The Show, Madden, and WWE 2K

[SeabassG33]

Can we list non-sport related games? My favorites are the Silent Hill and Portal games!

[WilliamX]

I think my xbox gamertag is WillBurr887. I can never remember my ps4 one. I have a ps4Pro & Xbox One X. The xbox gets tons more use because I like the layout more, It has youtube TV (Which is GREAT!!!!), 4k Blu-Rays (yes plz!), and I MUCH prefer Xbox Live Gold to Ps4's Poop-eating greedy alternative (where they don't let you keep any games and pretty much force it on you). Plus there's EA's sub monthly package which is cheap and fun.

Part of it is also that the graphics seem better on my One X (it IS faster too.). And the wireless wifi seems to work better further away from modem on one X. Using an LG 4k, HDR, OLED Tv to boot! (Retailed around $1800 new via an X-mas discount sale). 

Oh, and don't forget the XboX Elite Controller (way cheaper than SCUF and worth it!).

Games I like or recently played: Quantum Break, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Diablo 3, Halo 5 (halo not quite as much lately). Soon UFC 3 & ReCore are at bat.

Yourself @Billy ?

NBA2k this year sounded like bad news (so many more microtransactions) and Live came back in style so more that than 2k (Aside from GM mode which would be fun again bc of Lakers back to glory days probably). I also played Forza Horizon 2 a bunch (now Forza 3 but its annoyingly tough to handle for me).

The only games I'm good at in truth video-game wise are the Diablo series (mostly D2 & D3, where I do hardcore mode), Super Smash Bros (all of them esp the first, although I have a winning record online in ranked matches...not easy to do!), and Chess (not sure it qualifies but since I have a great rank in BlitzChess and fared well against high ranked friends/GM's I figure it counts).

So I play other games, but if I want to feel like I'm half way capable I play those

For PC: Path of Exile & OOTP are the ole reliable ones. I also really like Baseball Mogul's In-game play more than OOTP's.

[offtopic----And if not gaming/watching Westworld or Legion (or SE Cupp unfiltered for Libertarian pundits), I go to Fanduel to hopefully continue winning.]

[Billy]

Madden is my go to game now basically playing in 2 online franchises. Love to play MLB The Show, NASCAR Heat, and NBA 2k also. 

Play fanduel every day pretty much. PRetty good at Fanduel MLB and NFL lol.

[WilliamX]

Fanduel is great! Maybe it's because they use the former Points system from Stats Inc.'s bill james leagues I started in 20 years ago. But they're a good system in either case.

I've won more $ than lost with MLB there... Which isn't always easy imo. Supposedly the better players play the $1-$5 contests so I should probably wager more. They *recently (relatively speaking) added beginner level contests. Too bad I didn'y join then heh.

Have you tried NBA Live? After 2k went overboard with Micro$transactions I stopped buying into their games last year. Even franchise mode annoyingly tempts me to purchase at every point...And it only gets worse. Meanwhile, live is stepping up their game. Forza is real fun too fwiw.

[Billy]

I play fanduel, draftkings, and yahoo. I’m best at nfl on fanduel lol.

Baseball is tougher imo. Hell I win more money playing nascar on fanduel than I do baseball.

I usually do 50/50s but throw my lineup in one of the cheaper tournaments in case it hits big.

I tried live but I’m for sure a 2k guy. Like to play the mycareer and play in the park. Never really played forza. Nascar is really the only racing game I play.


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[WilliamX]

NFL it seems to be more strategy oriented, perhaps unlike NFL fantasy (in my view). For example, drafting a team of the same positions, ideally receivers, on the real nfl squad (Like: All TE/WR's on the Falcons in a given period). Part of the frustration with CPU in 2k is the amazing difficulty of CPU opponents in the myteam card games or at this point, half the non-myplayer modes.

The free tourneys are great though. I actually have $10 on Yahoo due to a Rw promotion, that I have yet to spend. Is it similar to Fanduel? Maybe I'll try NFL fantasy there if so.

Which nascar game btw? I'll have to put it in the cart : D.

[Billy]

Yeah it really is. The biggest strategies for NFL come from stacking a QB/WR combo from the same team in a high scoring game or a RB/team Def combo in a game where one team is heavily favored and will run a lot. 

Yahoo is pretty cool imo. Haven't noticed much of a difference to fanduel. Scoring is essentially the same and roster construction is same. Main difference is salary because it's not in thousands but rather you get a $200 budget for the 9 person team.

I got the new Nascar Heat 4 game the day it came out. Having some fun with it. Don't race much in lobbies online because I always get put in stupid races with other users. There was one at the Charlotte Roval Road Course and the guy who won race would literally drive through the infield to avoid the first turn every single lap and won by 3 seconds because of it. Then at Bristol, I raced one online. It was only a 5 person race but the 2 guys in last literally wrecked each other (I was about to lap them) right in front of me with 5 laps left and forced me into the pits so I lost.